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Reid looked at the prosthetic on his leg. It felt strange but he smiled at the fact his leg now looked whole again. He stroked his hand along it, feeling the cold plastic. It would never replace what he had lost but it came close. He wasn't trying anything today with it but the doctors felt it was important for him to wear it for a few hours before he began learning how to walk again, for an easier transition. He still had a mandatory two weeks to complete before he'd be allowed out of the psych ward. He detached the prosthetic and placed it next to his bed. The team had all visited him since Morgan's visit, three weeks ago. Garcia had brought him muffins and cupcakes, he had shared them with the nurses and was sure that they had sneaked some out of the second basket she had brought in. Jane brought him books and he had even helped her diagnose a long-term patient. He recognised the symptoms she had described to him. Acute - intermittent porphyria. She had tested her patient and his diagnosis was correct. Blake came by and talked with him. JJ let him speak to Henry on her phone. The nurses allowed him some exceptions to the rules thanks to Jane. Hotch kept his mind busy asking for help on cases, so did Rossi.
A nurse came and knocked on his door. "Spencer, it's time for your session with Dr Gray."
"I'm coming," he nodded. He grabbed the crutches and adjusted them. He went forward on them and followed his nurse. He knew that learning to walk again would need him to have strong arms. He used the crutches to help build up the muscles on his arms. He entered Dr Gray's office and sat in the chair. "Hello, Dr Gray."
"Hello, Spencer. I see you are still using the crutches. That's excellent. How are you feeling today?"
"I'm feeling good," he smiled. "Really good."
"That's wonderful to hear. Do you remember in our last session that we stepped over some issues that you didn't want to talk about? We need to come back to those issues today as we need to face them for you to get through your recovery. I want to come back to your feelings of losing your leg. We've gone over the shock and the fear of getting it back to normal. I know you are more than ready to go through physiotherapy. I want to know how you feel about losing your leg so quickly. Most people have the time to deal with losing their leg before it's removed. You were unconscious through it all and woke up to find yourself altered."
Reid thought for a moment before talking.
"I screamed at first. I know that nothing I said back then was rational. I screamed for them to bring back my leg and put it back. I've had trouble in the past. Moments where my life was in danger. I've even died but I got saved. I blamed my team for taking away my leg. I know now it was a stupid thing to do and even more stupid to believe that they would do that to me without a good reason. I've seen a picture of my leg when it was still attached to me. Burned, infected and I saw that some of the flesh was dying. My boss, Aaron Hotchner, had to make the decision that I wouldn't wish on anyone. I had a life threatening infection and if he had not given permission for them to remove my leg, I'd be dead. After all the pain that Joseph and David put me through. The torture and the fear they instilled within me, losing my leg pushed me over the edge. I've lost a lot in my life and I thought giving up and trying to end it all was the answer. It's not the answer. It's a giant idiotic wrong answer. Most of all, I think that I have betrayed Maeve."
"The woman you loved."
"Yes, she died without giving the person that took her away what they wanted. The last piece of us. We had something special together and even though, we only saw each other for a small amount of time, I felt love that I thought I'd never feel. When I tried to kill myself, I hallucinated her."
"What do you mean?"
"I hallucinated her looking down at me. She told me that I had made a mistake and that I had made her feel sad. I think she represented the logical part of my brain. The part of my brain that I had chosen to ignore through everything. The day I tried to kill myself, was the day I betrayed her. I almost let the last piece of us die that day. Thomas Merton, the one thing that no-one could take from us. No-one can take it from us, but I almost destroyed the one thing she left me. I was willing to die for her. That made me think. I was willing to die for her so, why am I so upset over a missing leg? After my torture, there were only two options. Lose my life or lose a leg. Hotch made the right choice."
"So you are saying that Maeve helped you realise what you did was wrong? She helped you see that while losing a limb is difficult, it isn't the end of the world."
"She did. Jane and me, we spoke about her and Jane helped me realise everything I just said."
"You like Jane, she's really helped you through your time here. More than I have and I'm happy to admit that. Do you think she is a vital part of your future?"
"What are you saying?"
"Have you developed feelings for her?"
Reid sat in his room, reading his book as he waited for Jane to come. She walked through the door and grinned as she saw him. Sitting down next to him, she hugged him and kissed his cheek. She brought out two burgers from her bag and put them on the bed. She got up and closed the door.
"You snuck in burgers. You're amazing," Reid said happily as he picked up one of the burgers.
"Eat up," she grinned. "I only have a deal with one of the nurses and he let me bring them in. Pass me the other one."
He passed her one before opening his. He smelled the burger and looked inside. Cheese, bacon and all his favourite fillings. He picked up the burger and took a bite. He let out a small muffled sigh as he chewed the burger. "That is so much better than the food here. Thank you so much."
She took a bite of her burger. "God, that is good," she chuckled.
The door opened and one of the female nurses walked in. "How did you get that through? You know that isn't allowed."
"I'll do you a deal," Reid said. "I know you like my friend's cupcakes. I'll let you have half the next basket if you never saw this."
"I break too many rules for you," the nurse shook her head. She walked out of the room and closed the door.
"Spencer, you're a good negotiator," Jane said.
"You're a wonderful woman," he said back with a grin.
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